Nutrition Myth Bebunked - Eating MORE will make you put on WEIGHT

Nutrition myth debunking - Eating MORE will make you gain WEIGHT?

On this page, Nutritionist Emma explains why eating more isn't always as scary as it sounds.

❗️❗️Trigger warning – I know this can be a sensitive topic as I’m discussing eating habits and weight gain ❗️❗️ However, I do feel this is an important topic to address and might be helpful for anyone who feels they are stuck in a rut with their eating habits or weight loss journey. From an honest perspective – I’ve been there in the past, having had some experience of mildy restrictive eating in my youth. It’s arguably what got me into nutrition in the first place, realizing what I was doing wasn’t working for my overall health. Sure, if you’re lucky it can work for weight loss, but we need to assess the bigger picture and the risk vs benefit in everything we do. With restrictive eating, can come nutrient deficiencies, and negative effects on our metabolism, mood, gut health, body composition (I’m talking from a health perspective here – i.e. losing protective muscle), energy, sleep, and it can work itself into a habit which can prove difficult to break. Where possible, we want to balance quality input with output, whilst, moving sufficiently – but without having to go to extremes. Moving sensibly can often help to do the exact opposite of many of the downfalls of restrictive eating trap – good for our mood, metabolism, body composition, energy balance and sleep – ticking all those boxes again. Having this balance between eating and movement can also give us more scope and opportunities to fuel ourselves sufficiently, plus, crucially pack more nutrients in to address any nutrient deficiencies which can POSITIVELY affect our overall metabolism, as well as feed our gut with the right foods which also has major influences on our metabolic health. These are all important aspects which affect our overall HEALTH, and can be easily overlooked in the topic of weight loss. (Eating as minimally processed as possible, plus having your digestion work optimally - are also important for these points). I hope this helps someone to perhaps, think a little differently. Plus, remember, everything can be a gradual process – every little helps & baby steps allowed, Emma x

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Restrictive eating - what's the risks?

Restrictive eating can be a sensitive topic, but for some, addressing it can be really helpful.

Weight gain may well be achieved, however, especially in the long-term, with restrictive eating, can come nutrient deficiencies, and negative effects on our metabolism, mood, gut health, body composition (I’m talking from a health perspective here – i.e. losing protective muscle), energy, sleep, and it can work itself into a habit which can prove difficult to break.

All about the balance

Where possible, we want to balance quality input with output, whilst, moving sufficiently – but without having to go to extremes. Moving sensibly can often help to do the exact opposite of many of the downfalls of restrictive eating trap – good for our mood, metabolism, body composition, energy balance and sleep – ticking all those boxes again.

Having this balance between eating and movement can also give us more scope and opportunities to fuel ourselves sufficiently, plus, crucially pack more nutrients in to address any nutrient deficiencies which can POSITIVELY affect our overall metabolism, as well as feed our GUT with the right foods which also has major influences on our metabolic health.

These are all important aspects which affect our overall HEALTH, and can be easily overlooked in the topic of weight loss. (Eating as minimally processed as possible, plus having your digestion work optimally - are also important for these points).

I hope this helps someone to perhaps, think a little differently. Plus, remember, everything can be a gradual process – every little helps & baby steps allowed, Emma x